24 Hour Mountain Bike Race

Two Moon 24

Photo: Chris Leakey

Rules

Start:

We will do a LeMans style start (that means you run a short distance before getting on your bike).
We will have an area delineated for you to leave your bikes,
either in racks or on the ground. You may not have someone holding your bike for you. Traffic will
be stopped for the first road crossing after the start.

Road Crossings:

We have four paved road crossings on the course. Two of them see very little traffic,
but the other two are on the main road adjacent the campground. Our policy for this race is that bikes
will yield to cars. We will not even try to stop traffic for you. We will not have course
marshals at each crossing as previously stated here. Each crossing will have a warning and a yield sign
leading up to it, as well as a red blinky light to get your attention. It is up to you to look for cars
and not get hit.
There is a section of course on a gravel road. Part of it is open to traffic. It sees
very little use but you need to keep your head up just in case. The other section is behind a gate.
There shouldn't be any vehicles on it, but you never know.

Racing:

Most standard mountain bike racing rules apply. Anything not covered here specifically will be decided
by the race bosses:

If you are walking and others are riding, get out of the way.

Be nice and patient when asking to pass.

When you are asked to let someone by, do so at the earliest chance. That means you need
to pull over and slow down long enough for them to go past, not wait for them to find a place
to go around you. It's also a good idea to let them know when you are getting ready to move
over and what side they should go around on.

All trails on the course are open to other trail users during the race. Pay attention and
remember that you aren't so rad that everyone needs to clear the way for you.

Headphones are ok in one ear only and quiet enough that you can hear someone talking to you.
If you can't hear, don't be upset when someone pushes you off the trail or you get hit by a car.

Racers may share parts and tools on the trail with other racers.

Racers who are not on a race lap may short-cut the course to help out another
racer that is on a race lap. However, racers may not go the wrong way on the course.
Also, you still have to do all this under you own power (no driving down the road
to deliver a spare bike).

If you leave the course, you need to go back to that spot to start again.

Don't litter.

Wear a cycling helmet.

Exchanges/Laps:

After crossing the start/finish line, you must tag the next rider on your team in the area of the start/finish.
If you are riding solo or doing two laps in a row for your team, just keep on going.
After your lap, we highly recommend checking the monitor in the shelter to make sure we got your lap recorded.

If you are on course but not riding a race lap, peel off before entering the roped off finish straight.
If your team does something to make timing more complicated than it should be,
we will simplify things in way that will likely decrease your lap count.

Finish:

The race ends at 11am on Sunday. All laps completed before 11am count. Laps completed after
11am do not count. You can stop racing anytime.

Scoring:

Results are based first on the number of laps completed, then on time. Here is an example: